Wednesday, December 18, 2013

LONG TIME NELSON TRADITION—A WINTER READING IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY

§Last night's reading in Nelson by nine local writers raised both the spirits of those present and lots of cash for the Nelson Food Cupboard. It was one of those "we need more chairs!" events. Even the beautiful paintings in the background have a literary connection. They're by Argenta artist, Deb Borsos and they're all inspired by books that she loves.

A little pre-reading schmoozing

This year's reading was a fundraiser for the Nelson Food Cupboard, a food bank that supports up to 1,000 people every month. That's Tim and Kim, from the Food Cupboard, and Samara who was selling books on behalf of Otter Books.

More schmoozing

Of course there was food (I brought the cheese crackers and a couple of people who were in the audience)

The place was packed

Jane Byers who has a first collection of poetry coming out in the spring! She has a website in the works.

ABOUT PURPLE MOUNTAIN POETRY

Okay, this is it. Where I can be found in cyberspace, should anyone be looking. In real space, I'm surrounded by mountains that often look purple. Mountains, as in those stoic granite guardians that rise above all the trials of the day, assuming your day has trials, and sooner or later, most of them do. This is where I talk about poetry, mostly. There's the occasional rant, for good measure. But no whining. Absolutely no whining.

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I've been interested in words ever since I can remember. I write poetry, a little prose, and publish chapbooks through my imprint, NIB Publishing. NIB stands for Nose in Book, where mine can usually be found.